Sixty Seconds.
That’s all the time that was needed today to sell out of tickets for the biggest boxing match since Tyson-Holyfield II in 1997. Fans who waited nearly six years flooded Ticketmaster the moment the tickets went public and bought every one available for Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather on May 2nd.
All of them.
Disappointed fans yearning for a ticket will have to make do with the resale market and that will prove to be an expensive endeavor.
Per CNBC:
“The average asking resale price on the May 2nd bout between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao stood just short of $11,000 on Thursday…The mean price is $500 higher than this year’s Super Bowl and trumps any boxing match in the last five years.”
It’s beating the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl:
“The most expensive seat- a fifth row ringside view-was priced at $77,500. The “get in” or cheapest ticket to attend the event hit nearly $4,500 on Thursday.”
As you can see here on Stubhub, wow.
From the moment the two boxers signed on the dotted line many expected the fight to break every boxing box office record and every live gate record in the sport’s history. Estimates of $250 million to $400 million have been thrown around for the total gross for the fight. And if Thursday is any indication the fight is well on its way to being the highest grossing match of them all.
This is for a fight nearly six years too late and between boxers out of their prime and aging for a sport barely more relevant than the WNBA.
As Don King would say: “Only in America.”
